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short-circuitedverbpast tense of short-circuit to create difficulty for the work or activity offor decades the maverick filmmaker was short-circuited by a chronic lack of funds clogged, cramped, embarrassed, encumbered, fettered, hampered, handcuffed, handicapped, held back, held up, hindered, hobbled, hog-tied, impeded, inhibited, interfered (with), manacled, obstructed, shackled, stymied, tied up, trammeled(or trammelled) balked, checked, constrained, curbed, reined, restrainedbound, chained, haltered, leashed, tethered, tiedarrested, braked, delayed, retained, retardedbarricaded, blockaded, blocked, roadblockedbogged (down), miredchoked, smothered, stifled, strangled, suffocatedbaffled, foiled, frustrated, stumped, thwartedderailed, disrupted, sabotagedmuzzled, repressed, suppressedconfined, hedged (in), hemmed (in) cramped one's style, gave a hard time aided, assisted, facilitated, helped cleared, made way, opened, unclogged, unplugged, unstoppedfreed, liberated, released, untiedloosened, smoothedencouraged, furthered, promoted |